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Assessment of intestinal vascular malformations in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia and anemia.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Feb 2007
van Tuyl Sebastiaan A C, Letteboer Tom G W, Rogge-Wolf Claudia, Kuipers Ernst J, Snijder Repke J, Westermann Cees J J, Stolk Mark F J
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INTRODUCTION: Hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disorder with mucocutaneous teleangiectasia and visceral arteriovenous malformations. Mutations of endoglin and Activin A receptor like kinase-1 have different phenotypes, HHT1 and HHT2, respectively. The gastrointestinal tract is frequently affected, but limited information is available on the relationship with genotype. AIM: To...
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